The Important Bird Areas program (IBA) is part of an international effort to identify the most critical bird habitat. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) has partnered with the National Audubon Society (NAS) to compile a list of sites in Tennessee. NAS is the U.S. partner with Birdlife International, the organization that created the international IBA program. For more information on the national and international effort go to http://www.audubon.org/bird/iba An IBA must meet one of the requirements in the Criteria For Site Selection and be nominated. The nominated site is then submitted to the Technical Committee for review and approval. A link has been established on the TWRA web site for the Tennessee IBA program. Criteria requirements, nomination form, progress, and end results will be posted on this site. The nomination form and criteria requirements can be accessed at http://www.state.tn.us/twra/tnbirdareas.html You are encouraged to submit sites for nomination. Michael Bierly is the Tennessee coordinator. Contact Michael at 615-292-4783; mlbierly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; and 5211 Kentucky Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209-2006. Michael Lee Bierly, Nashville, Davidson County =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================